Greetings and Felicitations,
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Originally Posted by Imperator
but he has a point regards spending on the military BUT we are in a conflict and, I hope neely realizes that if we turned off the switch And that money for iraq was not spent, that does not mean it would go to exactly what he thinks it would, it never does.
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The war in Iraq isn't part of the standard military budget. When you factor in the expenses of the war the amount goes up.
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For 2007, the budget rose to US$439.3 billion.[1] This does not include many military-related items that are outside of the Defense Department budget, such as nuclear weapons research, maintenance and production (~$9.3 billion, which is in the Department of Energy budget), Veterans Affairs (~$33.2 billion) or the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (which are largely funded through extra-budgetary supplements, ~$170 billion in 2007).[2] Conversely, the military budget does allocate money for dual-use items, such as the development of infrastructure surrounding U.S. military bases. Altogether, military-related expenses totaled approximately $626.1 billion.[3]
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I don't expect anything. I know what should be done but I realize that we evidently aren't ready to make those kinds of changes. I would hope that the kind of mindset change that would cause a gross decrease of military spending we would have reached the point where we would re-organize our priorities.
Should we stop spending so much on killing? Yes. Are we going to? Probably not. At least, not yet. I think the time is coming when the changes in humanity will remove the necessity to concentrate so much on destruction and instead we will concentrate on creation.
Do I expect to actually influence those who hold on to the ancient ways? No, not really. However, I will speak my peace because to exercise restraint is to let that mindset win automatically.
Sincerely Yours,
C. David Neely
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